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11/16/2013

For kids, Christmas is the happiest day of the year. Colorful Christmas lights twinkle with joy. Santa Claus is everywhere, whispers promise of gifts to kids. Laughter fills the room, may it be big or small. White colored snow dancing in the air, holiday bells can't stop singing. Gift of love is heartfully felt. Never ending list of Christmas presents. To give you a hint, let's start with a Christmas 2013 gift list for kids.

1) The Tales of the Kingdom offers fast-paced action and exciting storytelling with a enduring Christian message. Enjoy the beautiful, full-color illustrations as these classic allegories teach kids and adults the importance of trusting God as they unveils fundamental truths about good and evil.

2) Tales of the Resistance contains 12 stories about Hero's participation in the underground taxi resistance against the evil Enchanter, challenger to the one True King. High drama unfolds as everywhere Hero turns there are suffering people in need of his help! You'll meet Carny, Doubletalk, Sewer Rat #1, the Boiler Brat and the Most Beautiful Player of All. And you'll feel the tension of Traffic Court and the Burning Place. But mostly, your readers will be reminded that God's Kingdom is all around us, if we care to find it, and that the presence of the King dispels all darkness from our hearts and souls.

3) Tales of the Restoration is the long awaited conclusion in the Kingdom Tales trilogy, the one True King has broken the reign of the evil Enchanter and the restoration has begun. You'll meet Grandma Vigilantes, the Girl with the Very Loud Outside Voice, along with beloved friends Little Child, the Princess Amanda, Hero, and others. Each character is learning how to find a special place in Bright City, to do a job no one else can do.

06/30/2013

The 50-Day Spiritual Adventure is a church-wide
journey into the life-changing Word of God, lasting seven weeks within eight
Sundays. The 50-Day Spiritual
Adventure is a proven, practical way to help entire congregations explore God's
Word and learn to "Do what it says." (James 1:22b) These church resources for 2013 gets your entire congregation on an adventure
into the life-changing Word of God. Adults, teens, and children as young as
those in kindergarten can get involved by using their age-appropriate journals.
For most people, participation takes about 10 minutes a day. The journals get
people into God's Word with an emphasis on learning how to apply the Word to
everyday living. Practical application steps equip users to learn to "Do
what it says." (James 1:22b). The Adventure also coordinates the journals
with the eight Sunday services in the Adventure. The goal is to provide
practical ways to help church goes remember and practice what your pastor
preaches on Sunday mornings. In this regard, Adventure Sundays are designed to
be as life-changing and transformative as possible. The goal is to equip
listeners to recall and apply God's Word in practical ways on Sundays and
beyond. Then they can experience the transforming presence of our risen Lord on
a consistent basis, overcome the sins that regularly beset them, and become
more righteous and holy, like Christ, while living here on earth.

Pastors need the Adventure Starter Kit that
contains the Pastor's Manual of sermon and worship helps, the Implementation
Guide for your Administrator, sample journals and more. Leader's Guides are
available separately for Youth Pastors, Sunday School and Small Group
Leaders. We have regular and Large Print
journals for adults, a youth journal for teens, a journal for children in
grades 3-6, and an activity book for children in grades K-2. We have our Small Group Leader's Guide and
Adventure Video which most leaders simply adapt for the Sunday School
environment. Our Small Group Leader's
Guide and Adventure Video provide you with everything you need, besides
journals and guidebooks, to run effective adult small groups around Adventure
topics.

The 50-Day Spiritual Adventure is a church-wide
journey into the life-changing Word of God, lasting seven weeks within eight
Sundays. The 50-Day Spiritual
Adventure is a proven, practical way to help entire congregations explore God's
Word and learn to "Do what it says." (James 1:22b) These church resources for 2013 gets your entire congregation on an adventure
into the life-changing Word of God. Adults, teens, and children as young as
those in kindergarten can get involved by using their age-appropriate journals.
For most people, participation takes about 10 minutes a day. The journals get
people into God's Word with an emphasis on learning how to apply the Word to
everyday living. Practical application steps equip users to learn to "Do
what it says." (James 1:22b). The Adventure also coordinates the journals
with the eight Sunday services in the Adventure. The goal is to provide
practical ways to help church goes remember and practice what your pastor
preaches on Sunday mornings. In this regard, Adventure Sundays are designed to
be as life-changing and transformative as possible. The goal is to equip
listeners to recall and apply God's Word in practical ways on Sundays and
beyond. Then they can experience the transforming presence of our risen Lord on
a consistent basis, overcome the sins that regularly beset them, and become
more righteous and holy, like Christ, while living here on earth.

Pastors need the Adventure Starter Kit that
contains the Pastor's Manual of sermon and worship helps, the Implementation
Guide for your Administrator, sample journals and more. Leader's Guides are
available separately for Youth Pastors, Sunday School and Small Group
Leaders. We have regular and Large Print
journals for adults, a youth journal for teens, a journal for children in
grades 3-6, and an activity book for children in grades K-2. We have our Small Group Leader's Guide and
Adventure Video which most leaders simply adapt for the Sunday School
environment. Our Small Group Leader's
Guide and Adventure Video provide you with everything you need, besides
journals and guidebooks, to run effective adult small groups around Adventure
topics.

The 50-Day Spiritual Adventure is a church-wide
journey into the life-changing Word of God, lasting seven weeks within eight
Sundays. The 50-Day Spiritual
Adventure is a proven, practical way to help entire congregations explore God's
Word and learn to "Do what it says." (James 1:22b) These church resources for 2013 gets your entire congregation on an adventure
into the life-changing Word of God. Adults, teens, and children as young as
those in kindergarten can get involved by using their age-appropriate journals.
For most people, participation takes about 10 minutes a day. The journals get
people into God's Word with an emphasis on learning how to apply the Word to
everyday living. Practical application steps equip users to learn to "Do
what it says." (James 1:22b). The Adventure also coordinates the journals
with the eight Sunday services in the Adventure. The goal is to provide
practical ways to help church goes remember and practice what your pastor
preaches on Sunday mornings. In this regard, Adventure Sundays are designed to
be as life-changing and transformative as possible. The goal is to equip
listeners to recall and apply God's Word in practical ways on Sundays and
beyond. Then they can experience the transforming presence of our risen Lord on
a consistent basis, overcome the sins that regularly beset them, and become
more righteous and holy, like Christ, while living here on earth.

Pastors need the Adventure Starter Kit that
contains the Pastor's Manual of sermon and worship helps, the Implementation
Guide for your Administrator, sample journals and more. Leader's Guides are
available separately for Youth Pastors, Sunday School and Small Group
Leaders. We have regular and Large Print
journals for adults, a youth journal for teens, a journal for children in
grades 3-6, and an activity book for children in grades K-2. We have our Small Group Leader's Guide and
Adventure Video which most leaders simply adapt for the Sunday School
environment. Our Small Group Leader's
Guide and Adventure Video provide you with everything you need, besides
journals and guidebooks, to run effective adult small groups around Adventure
topics.

06/03/2013

Every so often throughout our decades of ministry, someone will slip a folded check into my hand. This happened recently, and I quickly thought, How lovely. Perhaps it is a gift for the women in the Global Bag Project. To read more, click here: http://goo.gl/9LXpL

In Open Heart, Open Home (over 500,000 copies in print) award-winning Karen Mains steps far beyond how-to-entertain you hints to explore the deeper concepts of Christian hospitality-the Biblical way to use your home and an open heart to care for others like God wants us to. Grab Your Copy Now! http://goo.gl/MgWtE

Looking out my dining-room window on the barren March backyard, I saw the string hammock we purchased some 20 years ago, swinging forlornly between the two trees to which it is attached. Through the decades it has gone grey, but today I thought, Oh, I should really get a new hammock. That one looks pretty used. Read more here: http://goo.gl/tSRLb

05/16/2013

The Divine Offices: A Manual for Prayer by Phyllis Tickle includes four of the seven Daily Offices: Morning Prayer, Noontime Prayer, Evening Prayer and Compline. To read more, click here: http://goo.gl/HYdD3

My whole trip from Chicago to Modesto, California only cost $10.50—and that was my ticket for the Bay Area Rapid Transit from San Francisco to the end of the line at Dublin/Pleasanton where I was picked up by my hostess for that night. To read more, click here: http://goo.gl/GGvQJ